"No" Jake yelled as he heard Trudy's final goodbye through the intercom connected to his neck. He had watched her pull up in front of him to shield him from getting hit by the missile's. The next thing he saw was a big explosion and Trudy's Samson falling and falling through the air.

He had wanted to chase the Samson down to get into the cockpit and pull Trudy out. He could not lose another friend. But he realized that he had another duty to do. To protect the Na'vi. And so he pulled upwards and headed towards Colonel Quatritch ship. This is for you Trudy he thought as he flew towards the large battle ship that Trudy had lost her ferocious battle against.

Sounds were muffled and everything was blurred. The loud crackling of fire blistered around her and she finally began to come around. But just as she did the toxic Pandora air began to fill her lungs. Without thinking of how damaged her body was she reached out for the visible oxygen pack a few feet in front of her. Her body protested and she let out a scream of agony. Stretching two hands forward she dug her fingernails deep into the Pandora soil and pulled herself forward with all her strength. She bit into her lip hard to stop another scream emitting from her mouth. Pain ran through her entire body as she neared the pack. Everything was beginning to spin and she began to feel dizzy. She could feel her lungs getting tighter and tighter every second. With one last tug her fingertips brushed the pack and she quickly secured it to her bloodied face.

Sucking in deep lungfulls of air she half dragged herself away from her destroyed Samson. She could feel the heat from the flames licking at her skin where the fabric of her clothing had ripped. She prayed and hoped that anyone would come find her. Though she knew that was most unlikely. She propped herself up against a tree and her breathing was ragged. Looking down she inspected her injuries. Her legs were covered in blood as was her torso. She tried to move again but found herself too weak. She sat there and watched as the flames engulfed her once faithful ship and she could just about make out the tiger on the side of it. Pain was searing through her body and she wished at that moment that she was dead. Anything was better than the pain she was feeling now.

She knew she wouldn't survive much longer. She could tell by the amount of blood she had lost that her injuries were serious. Lifting her hand weakly she pressed at the com that she had been speaking to Jake through and called weakly through it.

"Jake, Norm, Anyone" she croaked her voice choked and muffled. But all she got was static on her end. Figures her com had blown during the crash. She hadn't even known how she could survive such a fall. She fell for ages and ages. The fire surrounding her. Burning her skin. The fragmented glass burrowing itself into her and the bullets from the other gunfighters that were surely embedded in her broken body. She'd never even thought for a second that she would survive. As soon as the colonel's missile hit her she said her last goodbye's in her head and braced herself for her impending death.

How did I survive she thought to herself as she watched several Ikran fly above her head and at the remaining gunships. Oh how she wanted to be back up there with them. Fighting for what was right. For the beauty that this planet held. She had never even thought that when she had joined this programme that she would betray her own species. But it was a times like this. Times of war that made her disgusted to be human. The things that they were capable of because of greed was terrible.

Trudy gritted her teeth as she tried to move once more but found it impossible. The pain was too much. She could feel blood seep down the side of her face and into her mouth and eyes. Come on Trudy you're a warrior you can do this she yelled at herself as she tried once more but only succeeded in falling forward onto her front. She cried out in agony as the force of the ground on her stomach. Pushing her hands out she managed to flip herself over onto her back but the pain was just too much for her body to handle and Trudy was thankful for the dark abyss of unconsciousness that swept over her.

"We shall recover the bodies of those who were killed and bury them here" Neytiri said softly as she and Jake and several of the other Na'vi looked at the carnage surrounding them.

"Let's not waste time then" he said as he quickly jumped onto the Toruk and Neytiri jumped onto her Ikran.

"Scatter these plains and find those who have fallen, bring them back to here" Jake commanded as he took to the sky Neytiri right behind him. The first place Jake headed for was where he had seen Trudy go down. And he knew he had the right spot when he saw the smouldering remains of her Samson. Turning sharply he landed on the open patch next to the burning wreck. His heart thudded hard against his blue chest as he scoured the wreckage for her. Neytiri did the same searching around for the young pilot.

Jake bent down and looked at the soil surrounding the wreck and he saw drag marks. His eyes opened wide as he followed them and not to far away he could see Trudy's bloodied figure sprawled out on the floor a few meters from the wreck.

"Trudy" he yelled and he ran towards her. His long legs got him there in under two seconds. He fell down next to her and checked her over. By the steam that was forming in her oxygen pack he could tell that she was still alive.

"Neytiri" he called for his mate and within a heartbeat she had sprung up beside him. She looked down at Trudy's crumpled form and a small gasp escaped her lips. She had seen lots of the Na'vi dead but this shocked her how a human had survived such damage.

"Take her, take her to the tree of souls, find help for her" Jake said as he effortlessly lifted Trudy into the air. He handed her to Neytiri who ran over to her Ikran and hopped on Trudy tightly secured in front of her. Jake would have taken her himself but he knew that it would be impossible to control the Toruk and make sure she did not fall off.

Before Jake got to his Toruk Neytiri was already out of sight.

So they found her but what will the aftermath be for them! Will she live or die! Review if you liked :D